Originally Posted by
BrasiliaFlyer
Here's a question for all you gurus who seem to be much more well-informed than myself: I'm a line check airman for a regional, and this past year I have been doing a lot more line checks, FAA observations, and other work from the jumpseat. Because of this, I've been blocking and logging far fewer hours than my other regional airline counterparts... Like only averaging 20 hours of block per month.
Does anyone think this would reflect negatively on my application with Delta? On the one hand it seems that conducting LCA duties would be a positive thing, but on the other hand i'm just not logging that many hours (I obviously don't log time from the jumpseat).
Like most everyone else on this forum, I'm just trying to figure out the secret required to get a call, and am willing to change my work patterns if need be to accomplish it.
AK stated at WIA they have a minimum of 100 hrs recency experience in the last year as a minimum threshold. This of course is the minimum and more is preferred. He said there may be some situations where they allow less, but this is what they set the threshold at and is there to help the military guys out.
Here's exactly what AK said to a gent that asked a question at WIA similar to what you asking.
Guy asks "you mentioned 100 hrs is the minimum, but for pure civilian regions guys what is the preferred hours?" AK responds: "well for regional guys we would expect to see 400-500 hours knowing the type flying you guys do."
Guy responds "unfortunately sir due to being on reserve, I only flew 300 hundred hours last year, but dead headed over 100 hrs. Is this going to hurt me since I'm not at the 400-500 mark?"
AK responds: "you should be fine with that amount."
This is a question I was wondering to since I don block a lot on reserve as well. The problem is that AK stated a regional guy should get 400-500 hrs, but then he stated something different after the guy asked the question. so this leaves me to wonder if the guys like yourself, him, and me are really just being overlooked because of something many of us can't control?